by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)
By a departing light
Language: English
By a departing light we see acuter, quite, than by a wick that stays. There's something in the flight that clarifies the sight and decks the rays.
Authorship:
- by Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Libby Larsen (b. 1950), "By a departing light", 1999 [satb chorus a cappella], from By a departing light, no. 3. [text not verified]
Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , title 1: "Im letzten Abendlicht", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , title 1: "Quando una luce ci lascia", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Bertram Kottmann
This text was added to the website: 2007-09-21
Line count: 6
Word count: 27